If it's a dry spring firefighting agencies scream about forest fuel moisture content being lower than normal and it's going to be a hell of a fire season. Be very scared and rely on them to protect us.
If it's a wet spring they scream about increased understory and flash fuel loads higher than normal and it's going to be a hell of a fire season. Be very scared and rely on them to protect us.
If it's a "normal", boring year, fire danger is high due to it normally being that way in summer, you know. Be scared and all that.
Seeing a pattern?
Fireball, I've been fighting fire for over 20 years and lately in the last 4 years we've been seeing a trend that scares the hell out of us. Fires are covering twice as much ground in a given time period than has ever been recorded. This is something new and this type of fire behavior is something weve never encountered before.
Frankly it is something your going to want to pay pretty close attention to if you are one of those folks that lives in a fire prone area. With the right year and conditions I believe we are all going to see it lit up on a scale that dwarfs anything we've seen in our lifetime.
Shod
